Interesting reflection off a book cover in the sun.

Muffins

A muffin by chance… Happy! Cool! At the beach?

Happy - Oct 19 2011 (1090K)

And then another… Oh noes! Chagrinned. Apply cold steak.

Sad - Nov 24 2011 (1033K)

Aliens

I thought this ginger was thrown away. Then she said, “Hey look at this!” She’d hid it in a teapot.

Alien S - Oct 7 2011 (1415K)

It does remind me of certain sci-fi movies.

Alien T - Oct 7 2011 (1424K)

Garden Oddities

I’d never seen garlic scapes sprout and grow yet another scape before.

Garlic Top - Jul 21 2013 (778K)

Sometimes things happen and it doesn’t work out. This pea plant had some kind of mutation where it lacked chlorophyll. Once it ran out of energy from the seed it withered away.

Fatal Mutation - Jun 15 2013 (809K)

When mixing organic materials (in this case wood chips) into the soil sometimes if you put too much carbon sources in and not enough nitrogen the soil community will consume the available nitrogen for a while before making it available again. As an example the plants on the left side of the picture were planted in a more carbon heavy layer - a month later they caught up and looked about the same.

NC Ratio Example - Jun 3 2013 (1389K)

A stem from a broken off bean plant that healed in an interesting way…

Kissy Face - Sep 7 2018 (621K)

Some scarfs that Mom knitted. One fits inside the other so on the really cold days there is more insulation and that helps warm up the air I breath in from the heat of the air I breath out.

Scarfs - Jan 25 2022 (3838K)

We have our own miniature Stonehenge which just by chance lines up one of the mirrors to shine on this spot where we hung this basket at certain days relative to the spring and fall equinoxes.

Mini Stonehenge - Mar 12 2024 (3776K)

It has been a while since Mom last made meatballs and sauce so I thought I would celebrate this morning by having a meatball sandwich for breakfast to make sure they turned out ok. Yep, delicious!

Meatball Sandwich - Aug 18 2024 (3136K)

I had this blade on a table and eventually I put some papers over it and then I rearranged the papers and somehow got the blade in between some papers. Then one day in December I went to take the papers from my room to the recycle bin in the garage. As I took them to the garage the blade fell out and stuck in the floor and I did not hear it. I walked back in the house and went to my room and did not see the blade sticking upright in the floor until later on I went to go to the kitchen and I saw it. Right away I told Mom about it and she came walking from her room into my room and managed to not disturb this blade standing upright in the floor and then I got pictures of it. I’m so glad we didn’t get hurt as those blades are pretty sharp. I still have that blade laying on my desk because I haven’t put it away yet - I need to put it in or on something else to protect it and us from it…

Lucky - Dec 24 2024 (4167K)

This bench needed a new seat and we had some tile left that I could use. It will be repainted by the owner.

Bench - Dec 24 2024 (3813K)